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Over the course of his life, Mr Nishino falls hopelessly in love again and again. One woman is a colleague, another a chance encounter/one is the girlfriend of a classmate, another the best friend of Nishino's latest conquest. Some are entranced by Nishino, others care more for their freedom, their children (or their cats).As we come to learn of the torments, desires and delights of each woman, a portrait emerges of a complicated man whose gre...

A brief, disquieting companion to the bestselling Strange Weather in Tokyo, set during a summer afternoon and featuring a mischievous pair of creatures called tengu

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Shortlisted for the 2013 Man Asian Literary Prize, Strange Weather in Tokyo is a story of loneliness and love that defies age. Tsukiko, thirty-eight, works in an office and lives alone. One night, she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, "Sensei, " in a local bar. Tsukiko had only ever called him "Sensei" ("Teacher"). He is thirty years her senior, retired, and presumably a widower. Their relationship develops from a perfunc...

This "gentle, humorous novel" follows a young Japanese woman as she yearns for the love of a reluctant coworker (The Wall Street Journal).The objects for sale at the Nakano Thrift Shop appear as commonplace as the staff and customers who handle them. But like those staff and customers, they hold many secrets. If examined carefully, they show the signs of innumerable extravagances, of immeasurable pleasure and pain, and of the deep mysteries of...

A novel about a second-hand shop in Tokyo and the community surrounding it, exploring the mystery that lurks in the ordinary. From the author of "Strange Weather In Tokyo".

Now in paperback, this is the latest novel from the Japanese author of "Strange Weather In Tokyo", which was shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. It's a story of treasure hoarders, bargain hunters and would-be lovers. 'Subtle, graceful, wise, ' Julia Rochester